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The Interior Department is ignoring the rules on ‘acting’ officials

From: Washington Post

"The July 8 editorial on the extreme number of vacancies in positions that require Senate confirmation, “Mr. Trump’s ‘acting’ government,” was a welcome indication…

Watch Out, Tortoise: Karen-Budd Falen Is in Charge.

From: Sierra

"Like putting Genghis Khan in charge of a day-care center.” That’s how a spokesperson for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility responded to Karen Budd-Falen’s…

This Chemical Kills. Why Aren’t Regulators Banning It?

From: New York Times

"Last month’s spectacular explosions at a large Philadelphia oil refinery complex injured five workers, terrorized city residents and drove up gasoline prices.…

Philadelphia Explosion Underscores Danger of Refineries Using Hydrogen Fluoride

From: Truthout

"Aging refineries are playing Russian roulette with American population centers,” said Tim Whitehouse, a former enforcement attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection…

Lawmakers talk legislation in response to FOIA changes

From: The Hill

"It would definitely be an amendment to FOIA, those aren’t that uncommon,” Kevin Bell, staff counsel for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, on what…


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SIX REACTORS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO DAM-INDUCED INUNDATION

Operators Not Required to Prevent Fukushima Scenario Flooding and Meltdown

NEW JERSEY BULL’S ISLAND TREE HARVEST ON FAST TRACK

Plan Confines Visitor Access to “Safe, Managed, Pedestrian Pathway”

DOCUMENTS UNDERGIRDING PINELANDS PIPELINE PLAN UNAVAILABLE

Facts behind Key Economic and Environmental Findings Kept from Public Hearing

VINDICATED ARCTIC SCIENTIST RETIRES WITH CASH SETTLEMENT

$100,000 Payment and Belated Secretary’s Award Resolves Whistleblower Complaint

FOREST SERVICE DRONES STUCK IN HANGAR FOR 7 YEARS MAY TAKE OFF

Drone Deployment to Be Governed by Internal group with No Public Involvement